Last of the Nomads (1957)

This Norwegian documentary was released in other countries as Lapland Calendar. In Disneyesque fashion, the film details the day-to-day existence of the Norwegian Laplanders. The "story" concentrates on the annual odyssey wherein the Lapland reindeer are shepherded to snow-free grazing lands. Not surprisingly, director Per Host is more fascinated with the reindeer than with the human characters -- and, by extension, so is the audience. The film was lensed in economical Eastmancolor, meaning that most existing prints have washed out over the past 40 years.

Released March 21, 1957 84 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.reindeer, imdb.weather, imdb.bad-weather, imdb.survival, imdb.nature, imdb.wilderness, imdb.ethnic-minority + 4 more, imdb.norway, imdb.reindeer, imdb.saami, imdb.snow